WEBVTT 1 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:53.840 I'm going to say, well, I don't see her, but I'm assuming she's there for you. 2 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.560 It's a beautiful Christmas tree behind you. 3 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.840 Everyone keeps commenting on it. 4 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.480 So at my mother-in-law's house, we didn't get to celebrate Christmas with her, so she 5 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:11.400 kept the Christmas tree so that we could be festive when all the family was together. 6 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:16.480 So, oh, how has your week been? 7 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.080 It felt weird to miss the time to get together. 8 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:23.080 I know, I know. 9 00:01:23.080 --> 00:01:24.080 For a good reason. 10 00:01:24.080 --> 00:01:25.080 Yeah. 11 00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:26.080 Yeah. 12 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:31.160 Yeah, we did a salsa bachata class, so that was really fun. 13 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:32.600 You did a what? 14 00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:35.080 A salsa bachata class. 15 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:38.000 We found this fun. 16 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:39.000 So it was fun. 17 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:40.000 It was two hours. 18 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.600 It was an hour of salsa, an hour of bachata. 19 00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:47.000 So it was like from seven to nine, and I was like, okay, we just missed it. 20 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.000 Yeah. 21 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.000 It's just a bit too far. 22 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.000 Yeah. 23 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:51.000 Oh, well, I know that y'all had fun. 24 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:52.000 That's good. 25 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:53.000 I was really, I was proud of him. 26 00:01:53.000 --> 00:02:04.080 I was going to say, yeah, if I asked my husband to do a dance lesson for Valentine's Day, 27 00:02:04.080 --> 00:02:06.120 he would just dread it. 28 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:13.760 It would be a bad memory in his mind, and he'd be like, oh, my word, don't make me do 29 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:14.760 that again. 30 00:02:14.760 --> 00:02:20.560 He used to dance, but he doesn't dance much anymore, and so I'm always like, you know, 31 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:21.560 he could do that. 32 00:02:21.600 --> 00:02:23.600 And he's like, no, no, really, no. 33 00:02:23.600 --> 00:02:24.600 All right. 34 00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:25.600 Oh, man. 35 00:02:25.600 --> 00:02:26.600 Okay. 36 00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:27.600 You said he's Cuban. 37 00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:36.600 Wait, did you say he had some, he's Spanish origins or something? 38 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:37.600 Yes. 39 00:02:37.600 --> 00:02:38.600 Yeah. 40 00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:39.600 He's half Cuban. 41 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:40.600 Yeah. 42 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:41.600 His dad came over from Cuba. 43 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:42.600 Yeah. 44 00:02:42.600 --> 00:02:43.600 I know. 45 00:02:43.600 --> 00:02:44.600 He's something. 46 00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:45.600 But I think. 47 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:46.600 That's funny. 48 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:47.600 Yeah. 49 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:56.080 But I've been trying to catch up on all the journey shares, so now I'm like, okay, I know 50 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.720 where everybody's going, and kind of, it's really exciting. 51 00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:00.720 Yeah. 52 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:06.760 Well, I've been working today on some stuff, and I had, so I haven't even been able to 53 00:03:06.760 --> 00:03:08.200 catch up on all the journey shares. 54 00:03:08.200 --> 00:03:15.000 I was caught up as of a few days ago, but if any came in today, I didn't see them. 55 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:27.920 I was doing a class that a prior Rest Intensive client did, has set up with her group that 56 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:33.800 she coaches, and she teaches them some things about rest, what it is that she's learned. 57 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:39.640 Of course, she focuses on more than that, but rest is a part of it, and then she asked 58 00:03:39.640 --> 00:03:44.080 me to come on once a month and answer questions. 59 00:03:44.160 --> 00:03:53.120 So today was that day of the month, and so I was able to jump on and meet some new people 60 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.360 that had recently joined her group, and of course, have some old people that had been 61 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.920 there and seen me over the past few months, and so anyway, that was fun. 62 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:02.920 That's cool. 63 00:04:02.920 --> 00:04:03.920 Yeah. 64 00:04:03.920 --> 00:04:10.000 Well, Rita says that she is running late, so she'll be here eventually, and then Diana 65 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.600 says that she can't make it tonight, so it will be the four of us. 66 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:16.600 Yeah. 67 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:24.840 Were you able to watch at all the rest group from Tuesday that Annette and Renata were 68 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:25.840 on? 69 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:27.840 No, but I intend to. 70 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:30.360 Well, that was, it was really fun. 71 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:31.360 We had a good time. 72 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.640 Of course, you know, it's Valentine's Day, so Annette was like, well, I say that. 73 00:04:35.640 --> 00:04:38.080 I guess it really didn't have anything to do with Valentine's Day. 74 00:04:38.080 --> 00:04:39.080 It was a birthday party. 75 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:40.160 I was going to say, it was Valentine's Day. 76 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:45.000 She was at a party, but it was a birthday, and anyway, so poor thing. 77 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.640 She had to step out in the cold because she was like, I can't find a place to do the Zoom 78 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:51.360 call inside with all these people. 79 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:57.320 It's so loud, and so she walked around in the cold in Norway for an hour, you know, 80 00:04:57.320 --> 00:04:58.320 to have a conversation. 81 00:04:58.320 --> 00:04:59.320 Whoa. 82 00:04:59.320 --> 00:05:00.320 Anyway, we had a good time. 83 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.760 we had fun. But yeah, so yeah. Hey, Karen, how are you? 84 00:05:00.320 --> 00:05:01.320 Yeah. 85 00:05:01.320 --> 00:05:01.320 86 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:10.040 Hey, pretty good. How are you? What's that beautiful stuff 87 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:10.800 behind you? 88 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:17.160 Everyone, everyone keeps coming on the tree and that my mother 89 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:22.680 in law has had set up since Thanksgiving because we were 90 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:26.720 here for Thanksgiving. And so we set we after set it up. And 91 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.400 then we weren't here for Christmas because we were 92 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:33.720 celebrating Christmas with my family. And that we were 93 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:38.520 planning a feather family gathering for mid February, mid 94 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:41.040 Yeah, I was gonna say mid to early February, but mid 95 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.680 February where we were going to be back in town and some other 96 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.680 family members were going to be back in town. So she kept up the 97 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:51.360 Christmas tree to have that. So at one point, we have we have 98 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:56.520 multiple decorations around the house for a total of let's see 99 00:05:56.520 --> 00:06:00.720 Super Bowl decorations, Valentine's Day decorations, 100 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:05.200 Christmas decorations. I thought there was something else. And 101 00:06:05.200 --> 00:06:09.040 then on 50th birthday celebration, decoration, because 102 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:12.800 it's my husband's 50th in about a week or so. And so his family 103 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:16.080 wanted to be able to celebrate with him. We've got like, four 104 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:16.920 different themes. 105 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:25.600 We are very festive. I like that. I like that. That's so 106 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.400 cool. Look how long your hair is getting. 107 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:33.280 Yes, I suppose it is. I haven't thought about that. And my I, a 108 00:06:33.280 --> 00:06:36.920 lot of times keep it curled or keep it up. And, and it's about 109 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:41.040 I suppose what it was, I don't know, might even be shorter than 110 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.800 it was during those then last time you saw me for that 111 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.280 conference. But anyway, so I'm trying to grow it back out 112 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:53.520 again, I had decided to cut it for a bit just to see if I, you 113 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:56.720 know, just for a change. And I decided, no, I don't like it. 114 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:58.880 I'm bringing it back out again. 115 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:00.640 It's beautiful. 116 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:06.560 Yeah. And I actually have a hair appointment in about, I guess 117 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:09.600 it's Oh, wow. Is it a week from tomorrow? Oh, it's a week from 118 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.240 tomorrow. I am very excited to get my hair cut and colored 119 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:16.280 again. I would feel like a new woman every time I go to the 120 00:07:16.280 --> 00:07:19.240 hairdresser, or get your nails done. You know, you just feel 121 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:21.600 you just feel all put together again. So anyway, 122 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.920 yeah, just just does my screen looks blurry to me tonight. 123 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:32.520 I don't think it does, but I don't know that it's any more 124 00:07:32.520 --> 00:07:37.160 than normal. So that can either be fuzz on the camera, or it can 125 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:42.360 be like a smear or smudge, or it can be just lighting, not on 126 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.640 your face. And that can make everything look grainy. So 127 00:07:45.640 --> 00:07:47.600 anyway, it's fine to me. I can see you. 128 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:55.040 Okay, it just, I've been on zoom calls today quite a bit. And and 129 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.880 they looked much better than I mean, you look clear as a bell. 130 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.080 Well, it's Yeah, but it's also I've noticed that lighting 131 00:08:03.080 --> 00:08:06.080 really makes a really good factor is Oh, yeah, I'm sure 132 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:09.400 that all of your during other times of day, you have more 133 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:12.600 light coming in for the windows. Yeah, yeah. And I can I don't 134 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.000 have the backlighting going on. That's probably part I usually 135 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.360 do that. But I don't really want to turn it on. It's too bright 136 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:21.680 for tonight. But yeah. Yeah, we can see you. We know who you 137 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:26.000 are. Yeah. I do want to ask you every the last few times you've 138 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:30.480 been on there. Is anybody else Tammy? Do you your your your 139 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:35.200 voice to has a little different tone to it? Have you Can you 140 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:42.240 hear that too? Tammy? No sound weird. It does. It's it's a tiny 141 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:47.720 bit garbled to me. Oh, a tie. I mean, like, it's totally 142 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:50.880 different than it was. You don't hear that Tammy? No, I don't. 143 00:08:50.880 --> 00:08:59.040 I'm sorry. That is so weird. The only I don't know either. I'm 144 00:08:59.040 --> 00:09:05.800 using my AirPods and I haven't been using my AirPods. Or what 145 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:08.880 was the other thing I thought about? Or I was gonna say it 146 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:11.720 could be like the internet and places I've been at. I'm not 147 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:16.560 really sure. I'm sorry. That's okay. I just kind of wondered 148 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:19.080 because I hear it now. I heard it on my phone. I hear it on 149 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:24.480 this computer. I who knows maybe it is my AirPods. I had to have 150 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.280 my AirPods in today. But usually Well, I suppose I don't. I don't 151 00:09:28.280 --> 00:09:31.360 know. Maybe I don't. Let me change out of my AirPods. And 152 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.880 then let's see if that helps. We'll see if it's Yeah, that'd 153 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:40.760 be interesting, I guess to see if it's I can I am just loving 154 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:47.640 that tree though in the tree. It is so fun. I know. Let's see. 155 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:50.840 Okay. 156 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:56.600 Okay, so how is that? 157 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.400 Is that that's so much better. It's totally clear now. 158 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.680 All right, so we will try this. 159 00:10:03.680 --> 00:10:06.480 That's funny that only I heard it and Tammy didn't hear it. 160 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:07.640 I know. 161 00:10:07.640 --> 00:10:09.920 But you know technology, you never know, right? 162 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:12.200 With it, it's a little crazy. 163 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.120 Yeah, and it's been that way the last few times we met. 164 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.520 And I meant to say something and then, yeah, now it's 165 00:10:17.520 --> 00:10:18.480 totally clear. 166 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:19.520 OK, well, good. 167 00:10:19.520 --> 00:10:25.760 Maybe it's the AirPods, which is very strange. 168 00:10:25.760 --> 00:10:26.520 I don't know. 169 00:10:26.520 --> 00:10:29.800 But anyway, they're not the best for recording, 170 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:32.640 excuse me, but they are supposed to be very good. 171 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:35.080 So I don't know if I've just worn them out. 172 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:36.080 I have. 173 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:39.160 I have had them for, you know what? 174 00:10:39.160 --> 00:10:40.760 I hadn't thought about that. 175 00:10:40.760 --> 00:10:43.960 I've had them for almost two years. 176 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:44.920 I haven't thought about them. 177 00:10:44.920 --> 00:10:47.680 I got that right after the conference, actually, 178 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:50.800 because I was going overseas and a friend of mine 179 00:10:50.800 --> 00:10:52.520 had told me that I should get them, 180 00:10:52.520 --> 00:10:54.960 said that they were very good for noise cancelling. 181 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:59.640 And so anyway, OK, so. 182 00:11:00.520 --> 00:11:05.000 I said maybe they're just poor little things. 183 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:05.720 I hadn't realized. 184 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:08.200 Maybe, yeah. 185 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.520 Yeah, I mean, I could hear you. 186 00:11:09.520 --> 00:11:11.880 I just hoped it wasn't like recording that sound 187 00:11:11.880 --> 00:11:13.680 or something because that wouldn't be it wasn't it 188 00:11:13.680 --> 00:11:15.840 wouldn't be the best sound for recording. 189 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.520 Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you're right. 190 00:11:18.520 --> 00:11:19.680 But all right. 191 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:21.200 Well, I'm glad this is better. 192 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:22.840 So thank you. 193 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:24.000 Sure. 194 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.720 So how is everyone doing? 195 00:11:27.920 --> 00:11:32.040 Does everyone what question do you have? 196 00:11:32.040 --> 00:11:34.440 Have you all, I don't know, run into anything, 197 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:38.880 any struggles or difficulties or do you have any any wins, 198 00:11:38.880 --> 00:11:41.680 any victories, any testimonies of having seen the Lord come 199 00:11:41.680 --> 00:11:43.720 through in a way? 200 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:45.840 I don't know, just kind of like a like a journey share. 201 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.000 Does anyone have anything? 202 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.520 Well, I guess I could do a little 203 00:11:52.520 --> 00:11:55.640 unless Tammy wants to go first. 204 00:11:55.640 --> 00:11:57.360 Yeah, I think she's thinking. 205 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.160 Yeah, I'm thinking exactly right now. 206 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.520 That's what I'm looking for. 207 00:12:00.520 --> 00:12:01.960 Like, that is the thought. 208 00:12:04.920 --> 00:12:08.720 Well, I have had a little a little victory in your tips 209 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:13.680 that you gave about rest, about going to bed and taking 210 00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:18.640 the Lord, you know, with the father or the Lord with me 211 00:12:18.640 --> 00:12:25.160 in my nighttime just getting to getting ready for bed. 212 00:12:25.160 --> 00:12:28.840 And and although I just made soup and I got in a little hurry 213 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:33.120 up, a little hurry up because I wanted to be done before class. 214 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.040 And I was like, here, you can just slow down. 215 00:12:35.040 --> 00:12:38.040 It'll all be OK. 216 00:12:38.040 --> 00:12:42.640 And but I have a nice big pot of vegetable soup. 217 00:12:42.640 --> 00:12:43.880 Yes. 218 00:12:43.880 --> 00:12:49.120 But anyway, I've had I've had several nights since since we 219 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.360 and that might have been Sunday. 220 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.120 We talked about that, if I remember right. 221 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:59.400 Anyway, it's been I've I've gotten to bed a little bit earlier 222 00:12:59.400 --> 00:13:03.920 and I've practiced that just, you know, kind of knowing the father's 223 00:13:03.920 --> 00:13:09.000 with me getting ready for bed and just kind of thinking about it. 224 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.360 Welcoming, you know, just as I don't know, however, and I've. 225 00:13:15.280 --> 00:13:19.400 Kind of started doing I have a good book called that's that's 226 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.520 that my mentor recommended a while back, and it's a short little book and it's 227 00:13:23.520 --> 00:13:26.120 it's called Legacy of Sonship, I think is the name of it. 228 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:30.480 But it's but I've just been reading a little bit of it around the same time. 229 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:32.800 And I take some nightly supplements and 230 00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:37.880 reading tends to sometimes just make me sleepy. 231 00:13:37.880 --> 00:13:40.440 So so it's been working. 232 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:41.880 And I read a little bit of that. 233 00:13:41.880 --> 00:13:44.120 And except last night, I read some 234 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:49.840 I read some words, some prophetic words that really mean a lot to me. 235 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.280 And I read some of them and they kind of got me excited. 236 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.240 And that's what I was thinking when you were talking. 237 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.200 I was like, well, yeah, yeah. 238 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:04.360 And and I and I cried and I was like, oh, gosh, now I'm awake. 239 00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:09.960 Oh, no, I thought reading one of these, I might like I was maybe reading one 240 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:14.040 a night and it was working, but I had this I had this several of them. 241 00:14:14.040 --> 00:14:16.440 And I read too much of it. 242 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.400 Oh, well, so hilarious. 243 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.080 Is it that funny reason to be stimulated? 244 00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:26.000 It was a good reason to be stimulated. 245 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.520 And I and I have woke up some in the night. 246 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.240 One night, though, I slept. 247 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:35.840 I'm like, Lord, just let me sleep to at least like, you know, five, five, six, 248 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.920 seven, you know, and you know, that night I slept till five five o'clock. 249 00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:43.760 I woke up, you know, and and so I'm like, 250 00:14:43.760 --> 00:14:47.520 so I've been asking him again, but I have sometimes I wake up at these certain times 251 00:14:47.520 --> 00:14:53.320 I get and so I woke up a few times and but it's been peaceful and. 252 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:59.760 I read it's been peaceful, so I have to say those. 253 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:07.880 have been helpful on on and yeah, and so it's, it's a little 254 00:15:07.880 --> 00:15:11.360 more, you know, looking forward to spending time with the Lord 255 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.240 while getting ready for bed and buying father's been the one 256 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.080 that I've had problems with. So a little more, you know, 257 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:21.880 thinking about the Father being with me and, and so I have, it 258 00:15:21.880 --> 00:15:24.240 has been helpful. I've gotten to sleep a little earlier all 259 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.280 week. That is great. Even when I kind of struggled the other 260 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:33.000 night on Thanksgiving, on Valentine's, I mean, but I, but 261 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.920 I still got to bed. So yeah, so I wanted to give that, that 262 00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.480 win. 263 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:41.400 That's wonderful. Good. And you're and I'm so glad that 264 00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:44.200 you're doing all of that. You know, it's so important to that 265 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:50.840 when we focus on the Lord, and, and that what we're focusing on 266 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.480 is we're focusing on, you know, this, the all of the good 267 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:58.080 things, you know, like his love, or the fact that we're 268 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:02.120 unconditionally accepted, not like, okay, what do we want to 269 00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:04.680 what do we want to do for him or have faith in him about or 270 00:16:04.680 --> 00:16:08.360 whatever, but just like all of the, like all of the good 271 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:13.920 things, all of the very enriching things. So yeah. So 272 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:17.080 that's wonderful. I'm so very glad that that's been helpful. 273 00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:21.840 Thank you, Ashley. Yeah. Yeah. 274 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:25.840 Yeah, that's great. So Rita, just catch up, we were talking 275 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.680 with him. Well, it took us a while to get into it, because we 276 00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:30.880 had to talk about all kinds of stuff, you know, because that's 277 00:16:30.880 --> 00:16:33.680 what friends do when they get together is like catch up on 278 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:36.880 all of like, hiddly little things like, Oh, well, I bought 279 00:16:36.880 --> 00:16:41.440 my airpod pros like two years ago. So they're probably old, 280 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.960 you know, anyway, so besides besides revelations like that, 281 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:50.600 we were Karen was catching us up on the fact that she has been 282 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:54.440 implementing the things that I was recommending about, you 283 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.360 know, going to sleep, you know, about like a nightly routine. 284 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.120 And so she was giving us a testimony, the fact that it's 285 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:02.680 been working and that she's been able to get to bed earlier and 286 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:07.319 all that stuff. That's we've talked about. So does anyone 287 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:13.359 have a question or any other testimony to testify to Lord 288 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:17.640 about, you know, way that you've seen him? You know, you've seen 289 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:20.680 a bit more of who he is, that you've been experiencing a bit 290 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.960 more of who he is, that you've seen him in ways that you didn't 291 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.680 recognize in your life that that's actually him. And you 292 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.720 thought either that it was the enemy or you thought that, you 293 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.560 know, Oh, well, that's I don't know, you know, it's just a 294 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:34.480 natural part of life. It's just something that happens, you 295 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:38.000 know, or, or any question or 296 00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:46.440 thing. Um, I guess, when Karen, you started talking about what, 297 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.520 actually, you were just sharing in regards to sleeping and all 298 00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:54.040 of that, that really resonated with me as far as like, you 299 00:17:54.040 --> 00:17:57.960 know, enjoying those things that are really important, like, 300 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:00.960 you're remembering you saying, like, put on your favorite PJs 301 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:05.000 and, like all of that. And so this past week, I feel like I've 302 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:10.200 been living in that way as far as like, doing the things that 303 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:16.280 bring me joy. And so it's been really great. And God is so 304 00:18:16.280 --> 00:18:22.120 faithful. Because like, now that it's like, okay, well, TV 305 00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:24.280 is not a thing. It was like, well, what are the things that 306 00:18:24.280 --> 00:18:27.120 bring you joy? Like, what are the things you love to you enjoy 307 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:30.400 doing, or you've always wanted to do, but you were so working 308 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:36.160 so much, you know? So, um, Monday, Rita and I, we did a 309 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.760 praise dance class together. That was like, so amazing. And 310 00:18:40.800 --> 00:18:42.000 like, fun. 311 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:47.120 It was the last, the last song, we just got to free, just free 312 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.400 worship. However, that's what the instructor let us do. And 313 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.040 like, we were all like balling, right? Like, we were just like, 314 00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:56.600 in our own little places, like all balling. It was like, so 315 00:18:56.600 --> 00:19:00.320 precious. It was like, you were dancing. For me, it was like, I 316 00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:03.720 was dancing just for God, like before his throne. It was like, 317 00:19:03.760 --> 00:19:09.160 it was amazing. And um, yeah, so that was great. And then I got 318 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.360 to play a flag football game at 930. So like, that was amazing. 319 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:16.760 And I was like, God, you're so good. Because like, they 320 00:19:16.760 --> 00:19:19.720 happened on the same day in like, the flag football game 321 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:22.720 was like, so much later, I was able to drive 30 minutes away, 322 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:25.680 come back home, spend an hour with my husband, and then still 323 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.960 go to my game. So it was like, perfect. So little things like 324 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:33.280 that. And then doing salsa and bachata dancing for Valentine's 325 00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:38.520 Day. And yesterday was gorgeous in Dallas, it was like, a high 326 00:19:38.520 --> 00:19:44.400 of like 74 or 75 degrees in February, which is like crazy, 327 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:49.200 right? So I was like, I gotta go outside. And I want to like, I 328 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:52.520 took out this craftsy app. And I'm like, Oh, I want to like, do 329 00:19:52.520 --> 00:19:56.240 some sketches with some color pencils. So my husband took me 330 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:59.720 to Michael's and we did that. And then like, he sat out there 331 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.080 with 332 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.600 me. I'm like, hallelujah. He's trying. He sat out there with me with on a blanket and we caught the 333 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:11.440 last light. And so it was just like really great. And then today we practiced some salsa together so 334 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:16.880 we wouldn't forget the moves. So it's been like really great. And I think one of the things that 335 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:22.720 I have to work on though, is like today I had a lot, like a long list of things, which weren't 336 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:28.480 really that challenging when you think about them. But I just realized what my personality, 337 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:33.280 like I go really, really deep and really get really, really intense with one thing. 338 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:39.280 And sometimes it's hard for me to transition, but it's like, I spend so much energy on one thing 339 00:20:39.280 --> 00:20:46.240 that it kind of zapped me. You know what I mean? And so like my sister, my nephew's coming over in 340 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:50.640 a little bit. He's five and we're going to go to the Perot museum tomorrow. And I was tidying up 341 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:56.640 the apartment and I was like, okay, I need to, I need to fold up all these clothes. And I was like, 342 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.240 no, I have no, don't have the energy for that. Like, I'm going to just tidy and put it away. 343 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:05.680 Like, because I'm like, you don't have to do too much. Like that's what I get caught in. And then 344 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:10.080 it's just like, I'm so tired and I've worn myself out and I just don't want to do anything. You 345 00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:16.720 know what I mean? So I think I'm learning that I have to, I guess that's part of a question too, 346 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:21.440 in some kind of ways, but I guess I kind of know the answer. I just need to like work through it a 347 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:27.360 little bit, walk through it a little bit more. So yeah, that's something that I will be working 348 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:32.080 on for the, I think focusing on the next couple of days and talking to God about as well. 349 00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:40.160 That's great. That's wonderful. It, it seems very counterproductive to us sometimes to be like, 350 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:44.080 well, wait a minute, aren't I supposed to be learning about God? Aren't I supposed to be 351 00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:50.800 focusing on God? And it's like, yes, but him, but one of the aspects that you're, you're learning 352 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:56.160 that you're learning to believe about him and put into practice is what it is that he said 353 00:21:56.160 --> 00:22:03.680 about you and then getting your identity founded in what he has said, as opposed to 354 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.160 trying to figure yourself out or whatever. No, it's like, who has God made you to be? 355 00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:14.160 And then just step into what he says about you, step into what he put in you, step into what he 356 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:19.680 desired to be expressed out of you and then to thoroughly, and then to step out in that faith 357 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:26.800 by enjoying it, by allowing it to express itself by, by delighting in it. So it's not just 358 00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:31.680 believing that God delights in you doing those things. It's you delighting in yourself while 359 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:37.360 doing those things, you know, and, and, uh, that is weird as it is weird as it sounds. 360 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:44.800 It really does teach us learning about ourselves teaches us about God. It teaches us about his 361 00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:49.280 goodness. It teaches us about his love. It teaches us, it teaches us about his unconditional 362 00:22:49.280 --> 00:22:56.240 acceptance is as wild as that is. Um, so we're at, um, anyway, I know a lot of people always think 363 00:22:56.240 --> 00:23:00.640 that it's so strange when I talk to them about the importance of choosing them and delighting 364 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:04.960 in themselves and whatever, but what it is that they're choosing is they're choosing to believe 365 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:10.080 that thing that God has said, like, cause God said a lot of things, but what has God said about you? 366 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:16.240 And then you were the first thing that he entrusted him that entrusted you with is to, um, 367 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:20.800 he entrusted you with himself. I mean, sorry, he entrusted you with, he entrusted you with himself, 368 00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:26.320 but he also entrusted you with yourself, you know, and to, and to thoroughly enjoy it, to value it, 369 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:30.560 to honor it, to appreciate it, to acknowledge it, you know, to give it a voice, you know, 370 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:36.400 all aspects of you, including the parts that you historically haven't liked so much, you know, to, 371 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:41.760 to value those things in meaning like to give again, to get, to honor them by allowing them 372 00:23:41.760 --> 00:23:47.840 to have a voice, to have a, to have a, to have a presence, to have a seat at the table, to get to 373 00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:54.240 express itself. But then what is it that you collectively, like all the different parts of you, 374 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:59.440 what collectively do you decide? You always decide in favor of what God says is true, 375 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:04.640 not what the world wants to say is true, or you choose this higher reality over this other 376 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:09.120 reality. They're both realities. You know, all the difficulties that we run into in the world, 377 00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:13.680 the fact that you feel mad, sometimes the fact that you're in unbelief against God, sometimes 378 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:20.880 all of that stuff, that's very real. And we never want to deny it, but in the face that you can only 379 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:26.400 really truly choose God, if you're choosing him in the face of acknowledging all of these things. 380 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:32.240 So anyway, um, I think that is great. So thoroughly enjoy yourself and don't let yourself 381 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:37.520 be deterred when, when you're focusing on all these good things about yourself and delighting 382 00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:41.840 yourself and learning more about God by learning more about yourself. And then all of a sudden, 383 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:47.280 something comes out that you have termed as negative. Like, I'm already getting mad or you 384 00:24:47.280 --> 00:24:52.720 don't like how you feel, or you get hurt or you, you know, something about you just physically 385 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:59.360 feels off or you're in pain or you're struggling or you're whatever. Don't be, don't be turned. 386 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:08.400 uh, knocked off the path of thoroughly enjoying yourself by trying to, by either switching from 387 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:13.840 focus on this to focusing on the negative, or just trying to stay focused on the positive by 388 00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:19.440 ignoring the negative, ignoring the negative never helps anybody. So accept that part of yourself and 389 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:25.760 know that you're not victim to being, to being determined. Um, that anything in your life or 390 00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:30.080 anything about your identity is victim to be determined by the negative feelings or by the 391 00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:36.320 negative aspects of yourself. You're like, why do I always do this? Why do I always end up doing 392 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:40.560 that? I thought I've been enjoying myself this past week. I've been loving all of these wonderful 393 00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:44.080 things that I've discovered about myself for all of these things that I'd forgotten were buried, 394 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:50.000 buried. And now I'm bringing them back out to the light, you know, but then why do I still 395 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:59.440 always do this? Or why do I always do this in this way? No fully take that whole self to God 396 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:06.880 and be that negative, um, feeling that pain, that struggle, be that in the presence of God 397 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:14.240 to allow him to restore it and to, and to help you deal with it. Um, so that, that part of you, 398 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:20.080 that, that part of you that feels negative, or that feels weak, or that feels whatever negative 399 00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:27.520 word that we want to use, that we're judging, allow God to transform that into, into, um, 400 00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:32.080 into goodness, you know, into spirit, from flesh and to spirit, from an aspect of you that, 401 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:37.520 that is afraid and is unbelieving and do an aspect of you that actually trust God. 402 00:26:37.520 --> 00:26:42.240 But it can't do that if we're, if we're ignoring it, if we're trying to stifle that part of 403 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:49.440 ourselves or whatever. So just allow yourself. So when you thoroughly, when you enjoy yourself, 404 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:53.200 when you delight yourself and delight in yourself, delight in all aspects of you, 405 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:58.480 just simply because they're, you doesn't mean that you love the negative. You love being negative in 406 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:03.600 this particular area of your life, or you love the fact that you always do this. It just means that 407 00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:08.800 you love the, you that's ending up doing those things. And the reason that you're doing those 408 00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:13.520 things is simply because you are, you believe something about God. That's actually not true. 409 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:18.080 So in other words, life is better than that part of you believes that it is. 410 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:24.160 Everything is always towards more love and freedom. So graciously accept this parts of yourself, 411 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:29.760 just go to the Lord and just be like, okay, God, there's this, that I'm struggling with. There's 412 00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:34.800 this aspect of my soul or my body that I don't identify with, but I do love and accept and I 413 00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:40.320 cover and I protect and they're struggling right now. And then just let him deal with those things. 414 00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:43.920 But you you'll be able to deal with those different aspects of yourself. If you don't 415 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:50.000 reject those aspects of yourself. So anyway, cause you're going to run into that. And then 416 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:54.000 otherwise that it's going to be very discouraging of like, oh my goodness, I'm delighting in all of 417 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:58.240 these things. And oh my goodness, look at all this negative stuff or all this stuff that I've always 418 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:04.480 considered to be so negative, you know, now I've got this and, and it can be just be discouraging. 419 00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:11.200 And so anyway, fully accept those aspects of you as well, and know that you are to be delighted in 420 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:17.200 you are enjoyable, even fully encompassing those negative things. And then just take him to the 421 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:22.960 Lord and let him go, you know, and he won't punish them. You won't condemn them. He'll, 422 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:28.240 he'll heal them. He'll restore them. He'll trans he'll transition them into spirit because he 423 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:33.280 already did. He already did that, you know, with his death on the cross and that's actually 424 00:28:33.280 --> 00:28:39.920 submitting them to him will allow him to finally do it. In other words, fondly overcome it to 425 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:44.160 transition it from flesh into spirit. So anyway, I just wanted to mention that so that when you, 426 00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:51.280 so that, you know, fully to delight in all aspects of you, not just the parts that feel good or 427 00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:56.240 whatever, like permission to like fully embrace who it is that you are. Um, and that's the way 428 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.480 that you can prove to your soul and your body that you are loving and accepting it unconditionally, 429 00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:05.040 no matter where it is, no matter how it's expressing itself, no matter how afraid it is. 430 00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:11.040 So, and then that will transform you and you will mature faster in the Lord and you will overcome 431 00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:16.640 weaknesses faster because you're not resisting them. You're fully facing them and just taking 432 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:21.360 the Lord, like, okay, Lord, here it is. I let it happen. Say it's very mad just to warn you. 433 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:29.200 Just, just, you know, I heard it out and it's not pretty. So here we come. 434 00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:36.160 Thank you. That's really, really, that's good because it's you're right. It is kind of like 435 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:40.880 the onion. Cause I'm like, okay, well that's what I did with my negative emotions towards 436 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:45.760 someone else. Like why do I do that same stuff towards myself and just accept it. 437 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:52.000 But I was like, okay, it didn't feel as intuitive. Okay. Thank you. 438 00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:59.760 Well, good, good. I'm excited for you. That's wonderful. I I'm always. 439 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:07.520 very impressed and excited when people actually execute on what I've advised to do, because 440 00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:12.680 I'm like, I'm like, okay, everybody does remember it's mentorship program. It's not a, oh, let's 441 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:15.880 see what this person has to say. It'll cherry pick what it is that I want to believe, but 442 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.520 I won't implement any of it. I'm like, okay, well then you're going to leave the same way 443 00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:26.600 you came in. So I'm so excited. Cause I'm like, ah, what I tell people is the stuff 444 00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:31.040 that actually works, not the stuff that makes them feel better, which is why my, my program 445 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:37.160 only appeals to typically eight to 10 people at a time. You know, it's very, very, very 446 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:41.960 small and very intimate. It's because it actually does require all of the hard work, you know, 447 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:46.240 out of someone, and it's not hard. It's just that, I mean, it's not, it's not complicated. 448 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:49.920 It's just, they have to let go of everything. It is. They haven't wanted to let go of, but 449 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:55.960 I'm like, but this will get you what you want. I promise. So do you want to do it, but it's 450 00:30:55.960 --> 00:31:07.120 up to each person. So anyway, so does anyone have anything else? You look pretty and all 451 00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:26.720 fixed up, Rita. Well, I wish I could help, but I don't have any questions. I'm kidding. 452 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:34.080 Technically I have lots of questions, but I'll ask the Lord. I posted something on, 453 00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:42.920 on our comments, but I know you were in a, you know, working today. And so I don't know 454 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:51.680 if this is the appropriate setting for it, but I thought I'd ask. So, like I was in marriage 455 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:56.400 counseling and I was just been thinking about my marriage and I'm like, okay, different 456 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:03.400 aspects that needs need to be healed. And so their aspects was like, oh, okay, there's 457 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:10.440 progress. But I guess I have a question about like spiritual intimacy. And so I know you're 458 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:16.120 married and you're married to someone who's a Christian. So, you know, you probably have 459 00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:22.440 insight and if not, and this is not the appropriate setting, that's fine. But I guess it's just 460 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:28.360 a question. It's kind of like, what does that like having, I guess, I don't know. I'm like, 461 00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:33.400 does that even relate to respite? It kind of does to me. Cause it's kind of like that unity 462 00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:38.440 between you and your partner on the spiritual level. And it's like, I don't even know what 463 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:47.000 that looks like or what that sounds like, because I'm like, if I can't, I don't know, maybe that's 464 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:51.480 not the right way. But a part of me is like, if I can't define it, then it's like, how does that 465 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:57.320 happen? But I guess I could just go to God and ask them for that. But I don't know. 466 00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:58.120 I'm sorry. 467 00:32:58.760 --> 00:33:05.560 It's just like, what does spiritual intimacy in or just look like between like a husband and 468 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:12.680 a wife? Because it's like, I experienced that with my friends, like in community. I'm like, 469 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:16.200 I know what that looks like. Well, I guess I'm maybe I'm answering my questions, like 470 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:23.960 sharing your ideas and what you learned. And I don't know. Share your testimony, 471 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:28.120 but I don't know. I just feel like it might be deeper with your husband and wife, but I don't 472 00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:36.040 know. Well, it is. And there are certain things that like, I don't know, there's, I mean, think 473 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:41.480 about like the level of intimacy that we're supposed to have with the Lord. You can't bring 474 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:49.160 there's a certain degree of that intimacy that you can't bring other people into. 475 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:58.680 And just because, I mean, meaning like you shouldn't, but you should be able to bring 476 00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:04.280 your, you should with your spouse again, though it's based off. It's only, you can only do that 477 00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:11.320 to the level and the degree to which they are willing to offer themselves to the Lord. So, 478 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:15.800 you know, if you're you and your spouse are not, are not at that same place, well then yeah, 479 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:20.440 that there's a particular level of intimacy that you're offering of yourself to the Lord 480 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:25.639 that they, that they don't know how to share in yet. But like say for instance, you know, 481 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:31.719 they always say that prayer is very intimate and they, and so it depends on who you talk to 482 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:37.560 as to who recommends that you pray with your, with the person you're dating or the person that 483 00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:43.239 you're engaged to, whether you pray with them to God or not. And I'm not talking about like before 484 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:48.199 a meal, I'm talking about like serious prayer because prayer is very intimate. It it'll, 485 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:56.040 it'll create, it'll create a connection. It'll create a feeling of closeness that that some 486 00:34:56.040 --> 00:34:59.880 people say that you should be wary of and be careful of while you're. 487 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:03.920 dating versus, you know, okay, well, we've already committed ourselves to each other. 488 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:07.440 We're engaged. And so therefore we can start, you know, doing this and whatever. 489 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:14.640 So my point is, that's just an example of, of, um, of the, of the difference that there 490 00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:22.080 is a difference in pursuing. There's different levels of, um, of, um, intimacy in pursuit of 491 00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:26.960 the Lord with other people. And so it depends on who the person is as to what level of intimacy 492 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:33.120 that you invite them into when approaching the Lord about particular things or, or whatever. 493 00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:40.720 So, um, um, so anyway, there, there is a difference between, um, between a, um, a husband and wife 494 00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:47.760 and the types of things that they go to work for the D the degree to which they, they, they very 495 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:56.240 passionately, um, approach God. Um, I wish I knew how to describe that, but like the types of things 496 00:35:56.240 --> 00:36:00.960 that the, that they ask the Lord and that they press into about him when they're with the other 497 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:06.800 person together with God, that they wouldn't do if they're with their pastor or their parents 498 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:12.880 or their friends or whatever, because it's too close. And it's just not something that, 499 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:19.760 that, um, you, that other people need to be invited into that sacred space with you for, 500 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:25.600 but your husband that you were one with can be invited into the sacredness of that space because 501 00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:33.600 you're now one, you're not two, you're one. Um, now you're not asking this, but I'm just mentioning 502 00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:38.960 this. It's kind of like to, to just, uh, because it's kind of like, um, something that someone 503 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:44.560 could bring up like, okay, we say that you're one, but there is a level to which remember that 504 00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:50.400 we're individually responsible to the Lord of our, in our relationship with him. He takes that 505 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:56.080 very seriously and doesn't even want a spouse to get in the way is in, he doesn't want us to 506 00:36:56.080 --> 00:37:01.920 idolize our spouse above, you know, above him, you know, so between us and God or anything. 507 00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:10.320 And there's the thing of like, when spouses are on separate pages with God, there is that level 508 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:15.920 of accountability that each individual has, including the wife that has with God. There 509 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.760 are certain things though, again, I'm not wanting to make all this complicated. I'm just kind of 510 00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:25.440 mentioning a variety of things here, um, that kind of come into play with the Lord and spouses. 511 00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:29.120 And my husband and I are still learning this. We've only been married seven and a half months. 512 00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:34.240 So we're still learning this ourselves that, um, the, uh, but I have been talking to people about 513 00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:38.400 these types of things before I was married, because what I was doing was I was having to 514 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:45.040 rely on the Lord to tell me, you know, and, and to just access this information by, by the spirit, 515 00:37:45.040 --> 00:37:49.520 because I didn't have experience to lean on. So anyway, I'm just telling you what it is. 516 00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:55.280 I know what I understand so far. Um, but, um, also there is the thing of like, and how, when wives 517 00:37:55.280 --> 00:38:00.400 submit to their husbands and say, for instance, that this husband is doing set, um, believes very 518 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:07.440 different than the wife about certain things of how to approach God or, um, um, what God expects 519 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:14.160 them to do or how God expects them to do it and whatnot. And there is a way that, that, that God 520 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:23.360 desire that, um, God understands and desires for us to come under the protection of the husband. 521 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:27.040 Even if, even if we're thinking, yeah, but God's revealed something different to me, 522 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:32.880 you know? So I think that we should do this X, Y, Z, unless what the husband's talking about is a 523 00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:40.400 out now major, you know, sin or something there's, there's a, there's a way in which God says, I know 524 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:46.480 that I've revealed this to you, but it's important for you to come under the protection of your 525 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:51.280 husband. And it's your husband that I'm holding accountable for how he's leading his family. 526 00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:57.520 You know? So there's an aspect in which what God's requiring of you is to come under the 527 00:38:57.520 --> 00:39:04.320 submission of, of your husband, what he believes that God is expecting of y'all and how he's 528 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:10.640 offering his spiritual protection and his authority in the spirit to cover you. What God 529 00:39:10.640 --> 00:39:15.680 sees is that covering. And he sees you coming underneath that covering, as opposed to him, 530 00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:22.080 seeing you as disobeying him because you're doing it. You're, you're, you're following your, you're 531 00:39:22.080 --> 00:39:27.520 not doing the thing that he revealed to you. You're actually doing the thing that your husband 532 00:39:27.520 --> 00:39:31.280 believes that God has said, but you don't believe in your own relationship with Lord, 533 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:35.040 that that's right. You know what I'm saying? But what God does is he honors the fact that you're, 534 00:39:35.040 --> 00:39:40.960 that you're choosing to come under the protection of your husband in honor of the Lord, that he's 535 00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:46.800 the one he's given you, et cetera. So, and then a lot of, and then a lot of times what we realized 536 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:51.280 is that our husbands were right. And we weren't. And that what our husbands were saying that they 537 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:55.200 were receiving from the Lord that they should do really was what they should do was really what we 538 00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:59.760 should do. But because think about it, if both of you have, have a contradictory. 539 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:06.960 I just not all the time, sometimes they're both right, but sometimes one of you was wrong 540 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:09.560 and it's not always them. 541 00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:10.560 Sometimes it's us. 542 00:40:10.560 --> 00:40:16.360 So anyway, there's, there's a, a very added measure of protection that women are offered 543 00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:23.040 of being able to offset the, the, a response, a measure of responsibility to the husband 544 00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:24.800 that the husband has to carry. 545 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:28.740 So it's it's really interesting how all of that works. 546 00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:32.180 So as much as, you know, women complain about, Oh, well, you know, I, I want to be able to 547 00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:34.580 do this and I want to be able to do that. 548 00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:38.300 And some women have thought that they've gotten like the short end of the deal. 549 00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:41.420 They don't understand that what it is that they're being offered is they're being offered 550 00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:49.020 protection and being offered the, being offered the ability to be protected without accountability 551 00:40:49.020 --> 00:40:53.640 while the husband is the one being held accountable and there's, there's something that she didn't 552 00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:55.580 have to carry now. 553 00:40:55.580 --> 00:40:59.740 So, but there's responsibility that comes with that of like, we have to let, let go 554 00:40:59.740 --> 00:41:05.500 of this other thing in order to be allowed to, in order to receive the, the benefit of 555 00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.500 the protection. 556 00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:10.180 It also means that there are certain things that we would normally do if we were independent 557 00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:12.140 that now we can't do. 558 00:41:12.140 --> 00:41:16.300 So anyway, but I, so I see it as a positive as opposed to a negative. 559 00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:20.140 I see it a positive of like coming into the protection of being offered that, and now 560 00:41:20.140 --> 00:41:23.300 we don't have to carry a responsibility that they do. 561 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:29.780 But so anyway, so I just kind of like touched on a whole bunch of things related to, you 562 00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:33.420 know, husbands and wives and our relationship, Lord, how all that works together. 563 00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:36.420 But did I at least answer your question in there somewhere? 564 00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.420 Yes. 565 00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.420 Okay. 566 00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.420 You did. 567 00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.420 You did. 568 00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.420 And I was going to save it in me. 569 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:42.420 I'm like, I need to take notes. 570 00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:46.660 I don't have my phone here with me. 571 00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:48.060 But yes, you did. 572 00:41:48.060 --> 00:41:52.060 And I think I know for me, I know I'm in also in a reader's probably listening, like, what 573 00:41:52.060 --> 00:41:53.740 in the heck is she talking about? 574 00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:55.540 Like, Timmy, what are you? 575 00:41:55.540 --> 00:42:01.980 But anyway, I'm like, I also know that it's the context of like, you know, the health 576 00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.980 of the marriage. 577 00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:07.700 And like, is he loving you like you love, like he loves the church is like, is he really 578 00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:13.980 listening to God, you know, like just point blank period, you know, so that's a, that's 579 00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:21.460 a bit of a struggle, you know, between you and God to add, I mean, it's a, it's a difficult 580 00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.860 position. 581 00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:25.820 Like, what do you do in a situation like this? 582 00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:35.500 And so there's our, there are particular I don't know, it's there's a way in which you 583 00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:40.900 still can take advantage of what it is that I've just described, and choosing to come 584 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:44.020 under his protection. 585 00:42:44.020 --> 00:42:51.020 And and then God, and because that's what God has given you to spiritually protect you, 586 00:42:51.580 --> 00:42:56.900 Even if your husband isn't fully even say if he were an unbeliever, so I'm not, not 587 00:42:56.900 --> 00:43:00.580 yours, but like, it's somebody else's, you know, somebody who's married to an unbeliever, 588 00:43:00.580 --> 00:43:05.300 there's an aspect still that God has given them to protect them in their unbelieving 589 00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:06.300 husband. 590 00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:10.740 But then there are also ways that he's like, I know the unbelieving husband isn't protecting 591 00:43:10.740 --> 00:43:15.340 you in the way that I try to equip my sons to protect you. 592 00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:20.760 If you had married one of them, he says, so in that way, I'm protecting you. 593 00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:26.840 Because he doesn't, he doesn't leave his, he doesn't leave his children, men or women, 594 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:30.920 but specifically talking about women in a situation like this, he doesn't leave women 595 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:38.440 on, I don't know, in lack, and uncovered, he chooses the Lord, the Lord says this in 596 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:42.960 the Bible that he steps in and he helps the orphans and the widows. 597 00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:46.000 And he takes responsibility for them. 598 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:52.080 So because he meant for them to be covered, he meant for them to be, to be taken care 599 00:43:52.080 --> 00:43:53.080 of. 600 00:43:53.080 --> 00:43:57.800 And if that is not being done, it says that God himself steps in and does it. 601 00:43:57.800 --> 00:44:01.480 And so that's what I would always lean on whenever I was single. 602 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:06.560 So the point is, whatever is not, whatever it is that you're not being covered by in 603 00:44:06.560 --> 00:44:12.840 the way that God intended you to be spiritually or otherwise, God himself offers to you to 604 00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.840 do that. 605 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:21.720 Cause God does not leave you in a place of lack because somebody, uh, and, uh, and, uh, 606 00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:30.760 in a way to not be able to receive that with, um, if even if you are in a place where, um, 607 00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:37.720 where a physical person isn't providing that God's not limited by other people. 608 00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:41.720 Um, and you are, he's very jealous of you. 609 00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:46.520 And so he, if you aren't being provided for in certain ways, he himself will step in to 610 00:44:46.520 --> 00:44:50.320 provide it for you unless he brings it through another person. 611 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:54.480 So now again, God chooses what provision means. 612 00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.360 God chooses what provision looks like. 613 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:58.480 He chooses what covering looks like. 614 00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:00.000 Um, so it may not look. 615 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:05.320 look or feel the same, um, as it would, you know, if, if we have like a man in 616 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:10.580 our lives, um, who's doing what it is that God has always intended men to do. 617 00:45:11.060 --> 00:45:16.100 Um, but it does mean that, so even if it didn't look the same and we have a hard 618 00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:20.560 time, like seeing ourselves being protected and provided for when the man 619 00:45:20.560 --> 00:45:24.500 isn't doing X, Y, and Z, it doesn't mean that God's not doing it. 620 00:45:24.520 --> 00:45:27.160 We just have to truly rely on him to do that. 621 00:45:27.160 --> 00:45:29.420 And that has to be our relationship with the Lord that, okay, God, 622 00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:32.100 you're, you're, you're, I'm relying on you for this. 623 00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:38.900 And, um, and I'm asking that you show me where it is, but so often I don't 624 00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:40.820 even ask God to show me where it is. 625 00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:42.180 I just ask him to do it. 626 00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:44.600 And then I just trust that he's doing it. 627 00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:49.940 And, and I have to be careful to then not take things that look like the opposite 628 00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:53.580 in my life and use them in accusation against him saying, see God, you're not 629 00:45:53.580 --> 00:45:58.420 doing it that, that really does not go with God accusation. 630 00:45:58.660 --> 00:46:04.740 So anyway, but yeah, he, he makes sure that you are provided for if you offer 631 00:46:04.740 --> 00:46:09.940 yourself to him in that place to be covered, if you're trying to cover 632 00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:14.480 yourself because the man isn't, or because somebody else that should be 633 00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.700 like a father or whatever, isn't, and you try to do it yourself, well, 634 00:46:17.700 --> 00:46:18.940 there's no place for God to do it. 635 00:46:19.020 --> 00:46:20.980 Cause again, that's eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and 636 00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:25.060 evil, or you're choosing to, to provide your own provision and protection. 637 00:46:25.540 --> 00:46:30.380 My point is that if no one else is doing it and you are vulnerable and you are not 638 00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:36.020 trying to, uh, you're not trying to work for yourself, you're not trying to earn 639 00:46:36.020 --> 00:46:40.020 it by the sweat of your brow or whatever protection provision covering, whatever 640 00:46:40.020 --> 00:46:43.940 we're talking about, if you were truly relying on the Lord, God will come in 641 00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.220 and he will do it, period. 642 00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:50.500 Even if somebody else was given the opportunity to do it like a husband, 643 00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:54.700 if it's not being done, God promises that he does it. 644 00:46:55.060 --> 00:46:55.580 Hands down. 645 00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.060 No question. 646 00:46:57.860 --> 00:47:01.140 So we have to allow him to do it though, and not be doing it ourselves 647 00:47:01.140 --> 00:47:05.020 and not be accusing him of not doing it because he, like I said, 648 00:47:05.020 --> 00:47:06.220 he's just to take accusation. 649 00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:08.540 Well, so anyway, thank you. 650 00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.740 You're welcome. 651 00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:12.140 See what time is it? 652 00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:13.860 Oh, you have a few more minutes. 653 00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:15.540 You wouldn't have anything. 654 00:47:21.660 --> 00:47:23.020 Wish I had something. 655 00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:23.980 Don't. 656 00:47:25.660 --> 00:47:29.540 Yeah, I'll say something real quick and then I'll leave room for Rita. 657 00:47:29.540 --> 00:47:31.940 If she wants to say something, I'll leave time for her too. 658 00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:35.460 Um, that was good, Ashley. 659 00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:42.900 That was, um, because I think I've done some of the while single and 660 00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:47.820 married, trying to cover myself and, and, uh, taking care of myself. 661 00:47:47.820 --> 00:47:52.980 And I, I got the, the, uh, honor of doing, uh, finishing up a core 662 00:47:53.020 --> 00:47:55.860 healing session today with Oaks rising. 663 00:47:56.580 --> 00:48:00.180 And, uh, it was really good, but part of that came out as an, as 664 00:48:00.180 --> 00:48:05.420 to, as far as the not in rest to speaking of the rest is that, you 665 00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:10.460 know, there was some anxiety there that, that we kind of dealt with 666 00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:16.180 some of that today too, but definitely some, some of that, um, me trying 667 00:48:16.180 --> 00:48:21.860 to take care of me, you know, has been, uh, I think has been kind 668 00:48:21.860 --> 00:48:27.060 of prevalent in my life and, and, you know, kind of times I think of 669 00:48:27.060 --> 00:48:34.540 letting God do that, um, and, um, but times of not trusting, I guess, 670 00:48:34.540 --> 00:48:38.860 you know, and so when you're not trusting, you know, at least for me, 671 00:48:38.860 --> 00:48:43.540 I think I've stepped in that place of trying to, and then you're into 672 00:48:43.540 --> 00:48:46.420 striving and you're not letting God do it. 673 00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:50.380 And then, um, yeah, a lot of things came out today. 674 00:48:51.060 --> 00:48:54.020 It was, uh, it was really good. 675 00:48:54.260 --> 00:49:02.220 It was, uh, um, yeah, uh, last, last couple of sessions we had, it's 676 00:49:02.220 --> 00:49:05.740 taken several sessions to, to just get through my core session to get 677 00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:09.580 through my core second, taking me several sessions, cause we kind of 678 00:49:09.580 --> 00:49:13.620 get stopped maybe in some things going on right now and stuff. 679 00:49:13.620 --> 00:49:19.580 So, uh, but yeah, the fact that we have to let God do it or let our 680 00:49:19.580 --> 00:49:25.580 husband do it, you know, whichever, you know, um, cause we can stand in 681 00:49:25.580 --> 00:49:27.780 that way and in the way of it. 682 00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:34.100 And, uh, yeah, so had a lot of, a lot of good stuff, a lot of good stuff 683 00:49:34.100 --> 00:49:36.820 is kind of coming to the surface and I'm good. 684 00:49:37.180 --> 00:49:37.680 Yeah. 685 00:49:38.100 --> 00:49:38.600 Yeah. 686 00:49:39.020 --> 00:49:44.060 So basically the, the way that we can see it, especially from a woman's 687 00:49:44.060 --> 00:49:52.100 perspective is that we're called to receive our, the protection that our 688 00:49:52.100 --> 00:49:56.620 husband is offering or the protection that God is offering, you know, whichever 689 00:49:56.620 --> 00:49:59.980 one we're talking about, same thing that we choose to receive. 690 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:04.400 see protection from either one of them in the way that they choose to offer it. 691 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:07.520 We don't get to control what it looks like. 692 00:50:08.080 --> 00:50:12.240 We don't get to control the decision they make, what they think is actually 693 00:50:12.240 --> 00:50:15.360 the wise thing to protect us, but they think actually will protect us, 694 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:17.240 but we don't get to choose that. 695 00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:20.640 We have to rely on them to do that. 696 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:26.240 And we just hands off for us, which is risky, which is, you know, there's, 697 00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:29.720 there's this, there's this potential of disappointment. 698 00:50:29.720 --> 00:50:31.200 There's this potential of hurt. 699 00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:33.080 I mean, that's a risk in everything. 700 00:50:33.080 --> 00:50:37.800 And like in trusting someone in loving someone, whatever is to choose 701 00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:40.760 to receive what they choose to offer. 702 00:50:41.520 --> 00:50:44.640 We don't get to say, Hey, look, I want you to protect me. 703 00:50:44.640 --> 00:50:48.440 And here's the conditions, you know, I want it to look like this. 704 00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:50.880 And if it doesn't look like this, well, then it's not really protection. 705 00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:52.520 Therefore, no, you're not really doing it. 706 00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:56.400 We don't get to, we don't, that's, that's not our place anymore. 707 00:50:56.840 --> 00:51:02.920 So what it is that we're actually doing is we're actually choosing and we're 708 00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:09.240 actually called to to just receive whatever it is that either one of them offers. 709 00:51:09.640 --> 00:51:11.840 And so that's, that's why it's so. 710 00:51:12.520 --> 00:51:14.280 That's why it's so scary. 711 00:51:14.280 --> 00:51:17.040 And that's like, I said, that's what it is that we're called to do. 712 00:51:17.520 --> 00:51:22.760 And, and so, because it's more than just like, well, they're stronger. 713 00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:26.760 And so they're the ones who are going to get to, you know, have their way. 714 00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:34.400 And I don't get to, you know, I'm, I'm arguing and, and, um, and, uh, you 715 00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:38.000 know, hoping that my argument wins and, and et cetera, that's, that's 716 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:40.120 not really what's going on. 717 00:51:40.120 --> 00:51:44.640 What's going on is that we're called to actually just receive 718 00:51:44.640 --> 00:51:46.000 what it is that they want to offer. 719 00:51:46.040 --> 00:51:49.040 I don't mean that we can't have a say in the conversation. 720 00:51:49.040 --> 00:51:49.880 That's not what I mean. 721 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:57.440 I'm talking about the fact that it's not, um, you know, that we're, um, uh, 722 00:51:57.600 --> 00:52:01.080 that if, uh, we think it should be done in one way and he thinks that 723 00:52:01.080 --> 00:52:05.960 it should be done in another, well, then we just argue about the legitimacy 724 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:11.240 of our side until he, until he buckles, you know, until he wins. 725 00:52:11.240 --> 00:52:11.520 Why? 726 00:52:11.520 --> 00:52:15.720 Because logic wins the day, you know, and it's just so obvious, you know? 727 00:52:15.720 --> 00:52:19.000 And so therefore, if you're not doing it, you're not doing what I suggest. 728 00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:21.120 Therefore, it's not actually protection. 729 00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:23.000 And therefore I don't have to follow it. 730 00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:24.560 Therefore I don't have to submit to it. 731 00:52:25.040 --> 00:52:30.920 That's like, no, no, you, they I'm, I'm holding them accountable for the 732 00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:33.560 choices that they're making for the decisions that they're making for. 733 00:52:33.560 --> 00:52:35.640 I'm holding them accountable for protecting you. 734 00:52:36.240 --> 00:52:39.520 So that's a huge responsibility that I'm holding them to. 735 00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:46.200 And so you then are called to help, um, to take the risk of receiving the mode 736 00:52:46.200 --> 00:52:47.920 of protection that they're offering. 737 00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:49.080 And that's hard. 738 00:52:49.600 --> 00:52:52.040 It's very hard, but that's what it is that we do. 739 00:52:52.040 --> 00:52:57.520 It's just a, um, and so women, if you do it like this, women are the, 740 00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:03.040 are the picture to all of humanity, both to men and to women of what it 741 00:53:03.040 --> 00:53:05.560 should look like to submit to God. 742 00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:11.800 Because what we, they should see by how we submit to our husbands 743 00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:14.120 that, that, that our husband should see. 744 00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:16.360 That's how they are called to submit to God. 745 00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:22.480 So we're, we, we have, uh, so it, that, that picture is very important. 746 00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:24.120 It's very important for humanity. 747 00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:28.160 So there are things that men are supposed to do that and express and 748 00:53:28.160 --> 00:53:35.640 give a picture to humanity about who God is, um, and, um, and, and how, 749 00:53:35.720 --> 00:53:39.720 you know, and, and his love and, and what it is he's willing to offer of 750 00:53:39.720 --> 00:53:44.400 himself and to die of, and to, and of himself, and I don't know, just all 751 00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:48.920 kinds of things and, and, you know, his strength and his ability and his 752 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:53.840 whatever, you know, that's what it is that they, they show that plus many 753 00:53:53.840 --> 00:53:56.000 other things, um, they express of God. 754 00:53:56.000 --> 00:53:58.280 For instance, fathers identify us. 755 00:53:58.560 --> 00:54:02.320 We get our sense of identity of who we are as beings and who we 756 00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:04.760 are as genders from our father. 757 00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:08.520 Both men and women get their, a sense of identity as a gender 758 00:54:08.760 --> 00:54:10.040 from a father, not a mother. 759 00:54:10.520 --> 00:54:13.480 Um, including women, you know, meaning like little girls. 760 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:16.880 Well, that's a picture of the fact that we get our identity from our father. 761 00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:19.760 We get our sense of identity, meaning like from father God. 762 00:54:20.320 --> 00:54:24.480 Um, and so men have their role in how they are called and being held 763 00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:28.880 accountable by God to express him in a particular way so that we finally 764 00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:32.680 have a human picture of what God is trying to get us to understand about 765 00:54:32.680 --> 00:54:35.200 himself, women do the same thing. 766 00:54:35.720 --> 00:54:41.440 We express and present in a particular way, the way the church 767 00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:43.120 is supposed to respond to God. 768 00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:47.920 This people is what it's supposed to look like by how we submit to our 769 00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:50.560 husbands, how we treat our husbands, you know, however, whatever. 770 00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:56.800 And, um, it's very hard, you know, um, it, because we have fear. 771 00:54:57.280 --> 00:55:00.040 It's like, what if I'm having to trust someone else? 772 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:00.400 Awesome. 773 00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:02.280 I have a different opinion or whatever. 774 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:07.380 Um, so it can be very scary, but it's, it's a picture of the risk that 775 00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:09.440 we take that God really is that good. 776 00:55:10.720 --> 00:55:13.560 We're taking that risk on our husband, that our husband really is that good, 777 00:55:13.660 --> 00:55:16.780 that he really is that kind that he really is that whatever, and again, 778 00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:23.580 remember that, you know, we're all in different situations and, um, and it 779 00:55:23.580 --> 00:55:28.600 just depends on, um, it, that if there's a way in which we're not being covered, 780 00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:34.200 even if they have all great intentions, you know, even if, if there is a way in 781 00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:40.520 which we're not being covered, if we offer ourselves to the Lord to be 782 00:55:40.520 --> 00:55:41.840 covered by him, he will. 783 00:55:43.080 --> 00:55:48.160 Um, and so we're always in a, in a position to be covered without having 784 00:55:48.160 --> 00:55:53.040 any responsibility to be held accountable for anything they're being held 785 00:55:53.040 --> 00:55:57.360 accountable, we're not, but we're always protected because if we're not 786 00:55:57.360 --> 00:55:59.440 if we're not protected by our husbands, we're protected by our 787 00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:00.840 father, but you meaning God. 788 00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.600 So either way we're protected. 789 00:56:02.600 --> 00:56:06.280 We've got a really real women have in, in, in that manner of speaking, 790 00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:08.040 you have a very, very, very good deal. 791 00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:09.200 No. 792 00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:12.960 So anyway, okay. 793 00:56:14.200 --> 00:56:15.200 You're welcome. 794 00:56:16.440 --> 00:56:22.440 Well, anything, Brita, before we jump off, no, I think I was, I was sitting here 795 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:26.240 thinking, I think she's very excited that she doesn't have to unmute herself. 796 00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:29.200 Okay. 797 00:56:29.200 --> 00:56:30.000 Everyone. 798 00:56:30.240 --> 00:56:30.760 Good night. 799 00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:31.840 It's good to see y'all. 800 00:56:32.720 --> 00:56:33.200 Bye.